Machine for making paper bags.



2%..- 813,207. PATENTBD FEB 20, 1906. I 0. HESSER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904 v 12 SHEBESSHEET l.

No. 818,207. PATBNTED FEB. 20, 1906. 0. HESSEE. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904-.

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N0. 813,207. PATENTED 'FEBLZO, 1906. 0. HESSER.

MAQHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

0. HESSER. MACHINE FUR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

12 SHEETSSHEET 4.

'PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. O. HESSBR.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

12 SHEETS SH'EET 5.

PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

0. HESSER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE'M, 1904.

12 SHEETS SHEET 6.

PATENTED' FEB. 20, 1906.

0, HESSEE.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

12 MEETS-SHEET 'l.

No. 813,207. PATENTED FEB; 20, 1906. 0. HESSER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 24, 1904,

12 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

IPATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

O. HESSEH.

MAGHINE FGR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE'A'Q, 1904.

l2 SHEETS -SHEBT 9v k/lwwm PATEN'I'ED FEB. 20, 1906 0. HESSER. MAGHINE I-OE MAK TG PAPER BAGS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 24, H04.

0 SHE M 7 ii/L No. 813,207. PATENTED F I-13.20, 1906.

I O. HBSSER. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

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l2 SHEETS-SHEET l1.

PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

0. HESSER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BAG-S.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1904.

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Specification Letters Eatent, I Patented Feb. EEG, 1906.

' impleme tedhe 24,11,904. Serial it). 214.064.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, Orro Hnssnn, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Carin statt, in the Kingdom of Wiirtemberg, Gar many, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Pa z per Bags, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a machine for making paper bags which is characterized by great simplicity and a sure or certain action as compared with other machinesfor like purposes. Vfhile in the machines hitherto employed more than a dozen stagesv of the opera tion are necessary in order to collect into-the receivingtrough a folded paper bag formed from'fiat sheets of paper, in this improved apparatus six stages of the operation serve for attaining the same object. The flat paper sheet laid by hand on a table is pushed, by means of a carriage,to the first stage or sta tion and there receives a single layer of paste or gum and is then immediately conveyed by the carriage to the second station or stage,

where it is pressed into a folding -boX and over a foldingecore descending into said fold ing-box. The folding-core is first held fast inits position in the folding-box, and then by means of two side folders the sheet is folded over the core and the longitudinalseam or fold pressed, by means'of an elastic pressureplate, on the core. Directly afterward the hag-bottom is folded over the end of the core by means of four folders and closed and pressed on the coreby an elastie stamp. This stamp releases the bag before the rising of the core, and the bag is raised with the core,

the longitudinal seam-folding stamp being lifted simultaneously from off the core in" such a way that the raised core nowlies per-w fectly free with t-he paper bag. A red is lo.- cated vertically movable in the folding-core for pushing the paper bag off the core, which rodhas a plate at one end lying flush with the end of the core, and this plate when. the

rod is pushed forward presses internally on the bottom'of the paper bag and pushes the latter off the core; The paper bag is now ready foruse, as it has aform suitable for fill- If it be desired, however, to press the paper bags fiat and'collect then'iiclose one to another in a distributing or storage trough, theejected paper bag, which lies between the walls of a passage, gripped at the open end by two facing elbow or angle pieces and compressed from above downward means of two facing-plates and creased in the center by means of two angle-plates laterally carried toward one another, at one end of which -vplates there are provided rectangular folders standing at right angles to the angle-plates, which folders fold inwardly in. a triangular form flat on the bottom the part of the sides of the bag which are to be folded together and which adjoin the bottom. The paper bag, which is now folded up with the exception of'the bottom, whichstill stands upright, isnow gripped at the upper part of the bottom by means of a clamp-tongue and Idrawn out and by means of a yoke or bent arm the bottom end of the paper bag. is depressed and the lower part of the bottom brought between two rotating rollers.- These whil'e pressing the paper bag quite flat con-v froin which it is conveyed by means ofa' piv '{oted distributingfiap into the distributing- ;trough. The paper ba maybe made with any suitable section of ottom, and theibottom may be folded in various ways. A

I I will now describe as an example a Inachine comprising 'the'featuresoi my invention, as shown in the accompanying'draw" ings, it being understood that the details of construction may be modified to suit requireiments within the scope of the invention,

which a bag is to be made, showing the surface to which gum or other adhesive is. a

plied- Fig; 2 illustrates the are fold of t re sheet. Fig. 3 shows the second portion of the folding operation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a bag after the first bottom-fold has been made. Fig. 5 is an invertedplan view 'ofa bag after the complete folding of the hot tom. Fig. 5 is an elevationof the bag. Fig; 6 is a plan view looking within the bag. Fig/71 an elevation of the bag after the sides have been pressed together. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same. Fig; Qis a side elevation-of the bag, and Figs. 10 and 11 are side and edge elevations of the bag after the bottomhas been folded fiat. Fig. 12 is a sectional'plan View of the'machine, showing principa'llythe shafts. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of-thatportion of the machine employed for holding the sheets during the application of the adhesive asviewed from the right of Fig. 47 Fig. 14 isa similar view looking in the same Figure 1 is a view of a sheet of paper from- I jvey the'same onto an inclined slide plate, i

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arrangement of the cams and their carrying- 5 a plan view of the mechanism shown in F1 15. Fig. 17 is an elevation looking from the top of Fig. 47, showing the adhesive applying device. Fig. 18 is a view 'of the same mechanism looking from the right of Fig. 47.

no Fig. '19 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Figs. 1? and 18. Fi 20 is an elevation as viewed Erom the rig t of Fig. 47, showing the initil folding and pressing means. 15 mechanism as seen from the opposite side. Fig. 22 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 21. Fig. 23 is a view similar to Fig. 21, showing also the means for folding over the edges of the sheet on the folding-core. as Fig 24 is an end elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a view of portions of.thefolding and the bottom-pressing mechanism looking from the right of Fig. 47. Fig. 26 shows the vertically-movable bottomz'5-folders as seen from the right of Fig.47. Fig: 27 shows the same mechanism-looking frdm the bottom of Fig. 47. Fig. 28 shows the laterally movable bottom folders as .shown from the right of Fig. 47. Fig. 29

3Q illustrates the same mechanism looking from the-bottom of Fig. 47. Fig. 30 is a side elevation of the flat folding and trough-delivery mechanism looking from the right of Fig. 47. Fig. 31 is a detailed view of a part of this mechanism; Figs. 32 and 33 are detail views of'the mechanism for withdrawing the bag from the fiatfolding mechanism. Fi 34 is a side elevation of a ortion of the flat Folding mechanism looking om the right of Fig. 47.

0 Fi .34 shows the same mechanism on an en arged scale and in greater detail. Fig. 35

' illustrates the same mechanism as viewed from the right of Fig. 34. Fig. 35 is a detail viewof the means for transmitting movement to the side crimpers. Fig. 35 is a View, on, an enlarged scale, partly in'section, on the line 2'2 of Fig. 34. Fig. 36 is a viewofthe same parts as are illustrated in Fig. 34, the supporting-arms of the pressing-plates being shown in section. Fig. 37 is a plan view of side crimpers and their operating mechanism. Fig. 37 is a similar view, on a larger scale and in greater detail. 'Fig. 38 is a s1de v elevation of one of the side crimpers and its sup ort. Fig. 39 is an end view showing- Fig. 40 is a detail view of bot crimpers. one of the bag-grippers looking from the left of Fig. 36. Fig. 41 is an elevation looking from'the top of Fig. 47, showing principally 6o thepressing-rollers and the receiving-trough. 'Fig. 42 is a side elevation of this mechanism looking from the left of Fig. 41. Fig. 43 is a sectional elevation of the trough. Fig. 44 is a side elevation of the same, showing the bagretaining devices. Fig. 45 is a detail view of Fig. 21 is a view of a portion of this viewof t e receiving end of the trough, and F ig. 47 is a general plan view of the whole machine. f

The'main shaft 2 is driven by means of a belt-pulley'6, and a hand-wheel 7 is also mounted on said shaft, and this shaft by means of a pair of equal-sized-lbevelgears 5 bevel-wheels gears with a-shaft 4, parallel to the main shaft, in such a way that the three shafts all have a similar speed of rotation. The shafts 2 to 4 are held in the machineframe-l by means of brackets or bearings 8, and the machine-frame carries a plate 13 above, on which the essential parts of the machine for manipulating the paper bag are located.

The carriage for forwarding the flat paper sheet and the means for operatingsaid earriage are of a well-known ty e and are "shown in vertical elevation and p an view in Figs. 15 and 16, respectively. The carriage 10 has the same and is adapted to travel,-by means of rollers 11,- in grooves of the machine-plate '13. Forwarding projections 12 are provided on the carriage above, and the carriage is operated by means of an-arm 14, fixed beneath it, :a link 15, and an operating-lever 16,

, mounted in a bracket 18, by means of a camrod 17' from a cam a, mounted on the trans.- verse shaft 3. The sheet is laid by hand on the table 9 or a subsidiary table 9, and the edges of the sheetwhich project at the sides beyond the table lie on the carriage 10 in front of its rear forwarding projections 12. (Instead of laying the sheet on by hand it may. of course be Lifted automatically from off the block or pile by means of any suitable known lifting mechanism andlaid on the table or the'carriage.) By the forward movement of the carriage the sheet is now brought to the gumming-place, where it encounters in front the'stop projections 25 of a ldwered stop-lever 24, Fig. 14, and is held fast in a correct position by means of akey- )late 20, descending onto the table and the s eet. lever 19, attached to the key-plate, is elastically pressed a ainst the table by a spring 22 and is pivotal y mounted in bearings 21 and operated by means of a-cam-rod 23 from a cam b, Fig. 13. The stopping-lever 24 is mounted in bearings 26 and operated by means of a cam-rod 27 from another cam e. Paste or' gum is now applied to two meeting edges of the sheet, which is held fast, Fig. 1, and the mechanism for doing this is shown in Figs. 17, 18, and 19 in two different vertical elevations and a plan view, respectively. As "shown in the drawings, one gumming-stamp when ap lying the gum must lie at right-angles to t e other. The gumming-stamp 33, which lies transverselyto the movement of the, carriage, is removably and pivotally drives a transverse shaft3, which by similar I two rails above near a table 9 and flush withthe flat, ressing-rollers. Fig. 46 is a plan' I IIO sas es the carriage moves forward, the two. stamps 33" and 34, which now lie in pronimity to one another, slide over a constantly rotating hinting-roller .29, located in the l gum-or paste container 28 and driven by belt I ulleys 37, and 38 and thus take paste or gum I stamp moves farther forward, an arm 57 gum'mingl-istamp 33 and having an angular that is to say, The movement oi the horizontal slide or car-- ing-c'ore 6U ln sucha way that when rom off said roller; When the gumming- Fig. 19, mounted on the pivot 32 of the front slot in W ch there engages a pin 35, which is fixed on a fixed standard 36 on the gum or paste container, is turned until'the stamp 33 in the foremost position of the carriage 30 stands at right angles to the other stamp 34. The carriage 30 is then lowered, for which object itsguide-hars 39 are fixed in a wellknown manner to a Vertically-displaceablecarriage 44, which by means of weights 43 has a tendency to descend and by means of a link-bar 47, an operating-lever 48, pivotally mounted on a bearing 49, and also a cam-rod is operated from a cam d, mounted on the parallel shaft 4, Fig. 18. If no lowering of the carria e 44 is to take place, or, in other words, if t ore is to-loe no a l) lication of gum or paste, a pawl 52, pivota y mounted on a in 51, is left in engagement with the toothed k-bar 47, the pawl being coupled by a bar '53 with a foot-lever 54, which is raised, by

means of a spring-.56 andbar 58, so that the pawl is in enga ement. if by pressing on the treadle of t s lever 54 the said lever be lowered-the pawl moves out of engagement and the carriage 44 may be loweredriage 30 takes place by means of a bar 46 fixed thereon, which bar is displaceahly located in the vertical carriage 44 and has an end loop 41, which is supported beneath by means of an angularly-bent bar 59, fixed on the vertical carriage 44. The head of a pin mounted on a hell-crank lever 45 engages in the loop, which lever is moved by a cam-rod 46fron1 a cam c, mounted on the parallel shaft 4. The ummedor pasted sheet after being released by the l1olding-stamp20 is now pushedby the paper-carriage 10 over the folding-box 78, and at this second. stageof the operation the paper bag is finished by being ioldedover the core. for doing this is shown in Figs. 20 130,29 and is asfollows: The folding-box 78 is fixed on the machine-plate '13 and suitably recessed internall'y h the object of receiving a fold ing core -is lowered it lies with its upper'part and sides approximately flush the fold- 'es directly beside the um or paste may he applied.

The mechanismthe folding-hox, and itsupper surface-iorins a smooth support for the =-foldingslide. lln'the rem ss oi the ioldin -hox: 78- there lies athin heeh metal plate 8 which when. theeore is raised also lies 'fiush with the top of the folding-box and is fixed on a vertically-displaceable bar 79, whichis pressed upward bya spring 81, surrounding the bar. In the, folding of thebag this plate is pressed downward by the v folding 'core against the. spring; pressure against the core, or'rather 'againstthe pa rt of the paper sheet lying beneath same, and rises again with the core; facilitating the removal. of the paper bagfrom the folding-box. The foldingacore is removahly mounted inya frame 51, which is carried by a vertically-dis placeable har 62. This bar is-guided in a socket 63, fixedbeneath on the upper plate 13, and on the haran arm 64 is mounted, one end of which is guided in the slot of a bar 82,'-1'iXed on the machine-frame 1, Fig. 21, in

order to prevent the turning of the foldingcore. The rising andlowering of the foldingcore 60 is operated by a link 65, connecting the bar 62 With an operating-lever 66, the latter being operated from a cam f on the transverse shaft 3, Fig. 22. When the fold ing-core is lowered, the sheet lying fiat over the folding-box 78 is pressed into its recess, the sheet A, as shown in Fig. 2, forming flaps projecting to an unequal height. As soon as the folding-core has reached. its lowest position it is retained by a projection 73, which moves over it, a rod 74 of said projection being mounted so as to be capable of horizontal displacement in a'bearing 75 by means of suitable levers 76 and 76, mounted on a pin rod 77 from a cam p on the main shaft 2; After the folding pore has descended the shorter of the projecting flaps of the sheet A, Fig. 2, is first pressed by a folding-plate 83, Figs. 23, 24, and 27, over the folding-core, and then the other gummed flap is pressed down by a further foldingplate 89 over the one which. was already folded down, whereupon the elastic pressing on stamp 98 for. the longitudinal fold or seam is lowered and pressed down on the paper tube thus formed. The longitudinal fold-forming plate 83 is mounted on a bearing 84, which is horizontally displaceably carried bymeans of a bar 85 and operated by an elbow lever86 from a cam rod 87by means of a cam g onthe trans verse shaft 3.- The further plate 89 for-folding the wlbngitudinal fold is mounted on a bearing 190," which is horizontally displaceably carried by means of a bar 91 and con. "nectedsby a coupling-rod 92 with an elbow-.

'lever93 and operated by a camrod 94 from a cam 7 Figs. 23 and 24. The pressing on stamp98 is pivoted to a'lever'97, which is pivotallymounted on an arm 96, arranged on: the, core-carrying frame 61 and heldby a spring 99 in certain-position. On the decommon to both, operated bymeans of a camscent 'of the folding-core 60 the pressing-on stamp 98 descends with it, but of course is only pressed on the core when the longitudi- 'nal folding-plates 83 and 89 have completed their work. The turning movement of the lever 97, connected with the pressing-on stamp, is operated by means of a bar 100, displaceable in a socket 101, which bar is connected, by means of acouplin rod 102,witha lever 103. The rod 100is li ted by-a cam '5, moving the last-mentioned'lever', and strikes the loose end of the pressing-on stamp-lever 97,'and thereby the pressing-on stamp 98' is j ressed on the core. The foldingandolosmg of the'bottom then takes place immedi-- ately, for which purpose the. .mechanism 4 shown in Figs. 26, 27, 28, and 29 is employed.

' together.

This consists of four folding-slides 104, 111; .119, and 120, which successively come in operation. First the upper folding-slide 104 folds the part of the uppermost side of the partly-formed bag projecting beyond the folding-core 60 'on'the end of said foldingcore, whereupon the lower gummedside of.

the bag is folded immediately by the slide 11 1'ove'r the part which has just been folded down and is stuck thereon. The third and into action, first the slide 119 and afterward the slide 120, and fold the bottom completely After these folding slides have moved apart again the pressing-on stamp 131, which is providedwith an elastic late, immediately presses the folded bottom mly against the core. The upper folding-slide 104 is triangular in shape and is mounted'on an by a couplingdink 116 ,with an operating-le-,

arm 105,0ne end of whichisfizgedona bar 107,

and the'other slides on a. guide-bar 106, fixed onthe machine-plate 13. The folding slide-bar 107 is vertically displaceable ina bearing 1 10, screwed on the upper plate 13 and connected ver 108, one end of which is pivotallymounted.- This spring 109 holds a rolleron the le. ver in engagement with a cam k from which it receives movement. v The lower or second folding-slide 11 1 is mounted on a bar 112 vertically displaceable in bearing 110, which bar is connected with an operating-lever 11.4 by a coupling-rod. 113, said lever being pressed,

7 by means-of a spring 115, against a-cam land receiving movement from the latterfFig. 27.

The third and fourth folding-slides 119' and 120 are mounted on levers 121 and 122, which are pivotally held in a bearing '123 common,

' to both fixed beneath on the machine-plate 13 and are returned to their position of repose, respectively, by springs 124' and 125. The third folding-slide 119 is operated by means of an arm 127, mounted on the'same shaft 126 withthe lever 121, said operation being by the intermediary of a cam-rod 128 from a cam 'm, the other or fourth foldingslide 120 by means of a cam-rod 129 directly connected with the same from a cam'n Both also mounted on said pin.

the folding-core.

"or'lug 144, which lies on the end of a suitable:

The pressing-on stamp 131, 25, or

- rather its carrying-bar 132, is displaceably arranged in a bearing-support 135, mounted on the machine-plate 13 and is held in a givenposition by a set-ring 138, mounted on the bar 132, or rather on the ring 138, which fixes the same. The movement of'the bar 132 is effected by means of a lever 133, acting on the end of the bar 132, which lever is pivotally mounted on a pin 140, mounted in a suitable bearing 135, an opera ting-lever 139 being This operating lever is operated by a cam-rod 134 from a cam 0,'mounted on the shaft .4, and the movement is transmitted to the bar 132 and stamp 131, and this in its forward movement is pressed elastically or yieldingly against the bottom of the bag. Before the folding-core is raised the stamp 131 for pressing on the bottom moves back. On the rising of the core. the longitudinal folding-stamp 98 also moves away from the core and the paperbag lies free thereon. The paper bag is then ejected, the following mechanism serving for that purpose, Figs. 20 to 22: An ejecting or pushing-off bar 67 is displaceably mounted in the folding-core 60, which bar has at one end a small plate 67*, lying flush with thecore end, and at the other end a loo 68, in which the head of a in mounte on the upper end of the operating-lever 69 engages. The ejecting-bar 67 descends and rises with In: order to eject the paper bag, a cam g, mounted on the main shaft 2, moves the operating-lever 69, pivotally mounted on its bearing 72, and the bar 67 is moved, causing the plate 67 in the end of the rod to engage the bottom of the bag and force it ofl the core. The paper bag is then immediately available for use and has a forni suitable for filling. For storage or transport purposes the bag must, however, be folded flat, as otherwise it would take up too much room, and this is done by means of the mechanism shown in detailin Figs: 30 to 40. The

aper bag after being removed from the core ies between'the side walls 189 of-a passage or channel andis first engaged at the open end by the pivoted elbow-pieces 141. These elbowp'ie'ces are mounted on two facingvplates 153 and 154 and enter the bag,whi1e the plates .153 and .154 move toward each other for the 1 purpose of pressing together the prismatic paper bag, Figs. 34 to 36. The elbow-pieces 141 are mounted on pins 142, which carry small cranks 143 ,which at the other end have ins 145, by means of which they engage in a oop bar 146. The latter is connected, by means of a coupling-rod 148, with an elbow-lever 149, pivoted to bracket 151, which elbow lever moved by a cam-rod 150 from a cam" 1/ 1, while aspring 152 draws the rod 150 qb oluble rollers 164 and 165 are arranged release it.

shaft 3. At

erase? against the said cam r. If the bar 146 and loop or ring 144 be moved in the direction indicated by the arrow in-Fi 36, the elbowpieces. 141 will enter the paper bag lying between the plates1-53 and .154 and press said bag against said plates. The plates 1 53 154 are then moved together. mounted on arms 155 and 156, Fig. 35, which are vertically movable in guides 158 on a bearing-support 157,.fiXc-d on the plate 13 and drawn together by means of springs 159,- secured to both arms. Projecting revon. the arms 155 and 156 ,whioh rollers bear on a,

cam 161 and are drawn against the latter by i uting-flap and by the latter conveyed into a there arranged. The desprings 159. The cam-disk 161 is mounted on a shaft 160, which is-revoluble in bearingsupports 157 and has at its other end -a lever 162, which is rock-ed forward or backward to i the extent of a. quarters-evolution by means of a cam-rod 163 from cam s, the cam 161' also sharing in this movement. By this means the plates 153 and 154 are approached to one another or separated.

The sides ofthe bag-are creased insimultaneouslywith the pressing flat of the bag by means of the following arrangement, Figs. 37 and 37 Two angle-plates 1.66 and 167 are mounted facing one another on two arms and 171, pivoted on a .pin172, common to both, an edge of each plate being pressed against the middleof the two sides of the paper bag taken lengthwise at the moment hen he compresslon of the bag takes place. By this means acreasing in of the bag is e'f-' fected. The movement-of the creasing an-. gle-pieoes 166 and. 167 is effected by means of a cam 176, revoluble one pin 17 7 on which cam bear rollers 178, revolubly mounted onthe arms 170 and 171 and are held in engagement with said cam by'a spring 17 4, connect- The pin 177 of the cam is mounted on a laterally-projecting arm 173,

fixed on bearing-supports 157, and a lever 17 9 is firmly mounted on this pin and connected by a linlopiece 180 with a rod 181., displaceably arranged in bearing-supports This rod is'connected with a lever 184, Figs. 34, 37, and 37*, by afurther link 183,

which lever is mounted on a pin Fig; 35*,

.hichfis located in-aprojection 186 ofthe bearing-support 182, and carries on the other side another lever 187, whichis operated by a cam-rod 188 from a cam t, mounted on the each revolution of this cam t the cam 176 is turned forward 7 and backward ninety degrees, causing the creasingplates to crease to ether the paper bag and again y this means a paper bag of fiat form, but with the bottom turned up vertically, is thus produced from a paper bag of prismatic form. In order thatthe parts of the ba adjoining the bottom of the two faces of the ag which have been creased together may rest These plates are 1 better on the bottom, two triangui press the sides directly lar plates 168 and 169 are fixed each at suitable. ends of the an le or elbow plates 166 and.

167 and directly connected withntheirsupporting-a1r1ns 170 171 by recessed plates 175,

Figs. 35", 38, and 39. Theseitriangular plates bottom, andthereby effect a clean flat creasing together, especially against the bottom.

triangularly onto the The paper bag, which is now pressed flat, but

has a bottom pro ecting vertically, is now en-- gaged by the bottom by means of a separate device for drawing it forward and-is-conveyed between two forwarding-rollers and pressed perfectly flat by the latter and placed on an inclined slide-plate in front of a distribstoring-trough'and vices for this operation are shown in Figs. 30 to 33and 41 to 46,-

- A; channel 190, forming a continuation of the channel formed between the plates 189, is held feet against the latter by means of el-- in this channel-190 a pressbow-pieces 191. ing-on stamp 192 is displacea-bly arranged, which on the completion of. the creasing in and compression of the paper bag is pushed .forwarduntil it bears against the bottom of the paper as Fig. 31. This movement is effected as f0 ows: The pressing-on stamp 192 is mounted one bar 193, displaceably mounted in bearingesupports 199, which bar has at its rear a loop 194.. This,'loop is carried beneath by a bearing 200, mounted on stands supports 199. I ,The head. or late 195 of a pin attached to an'operating ever 196 engages in the ring or loop, .andthe lever 196, plvotally mounted in abearing 197, is

moved, by means of a cam-rod 198, from a cam ill-that is to say, is turned-until the pressing-stamp bears against the bottom of the paper bag. An arm 201 is fixed on the stamp .192, and in this arm a pin 202 is revolubly and transversely mounted. This pin has in its middle a grip-tongue 204 and atthe side a contact-arm 203. When the pressure stamp 192 is pushed forward, the contactarm encounters in front an elbow-piece 207, mounted. one-fixed bearing208,and is turned about ninetydegrees' 1, Th6 grip-tongue 204 engages oventheupper vertically-standing part of the bottom-ofthe bag. and presses this part oftjhe bottomflatagainst the pressingstamp;:192, the'action being assisted by a,

spring 205 one'end of which is fixed on a erally-projeoting pin-206,5'fixed on the arm;

201, whilethe other end of the spring actson the grip-tongue 204.-" The position of the.

sprin "s such that when the grip -tongue is close it is pressed by the spring firmly against the pressing-stamp 192,. and when the griptongue ,is opened the spring 205 has passed the dead-point, and thegrip-tongue is re tained in an open condition, Fig. 32. When the grip-tongue has engaged the bottom of "the paper bag, the pressingstamp and griptongue and bag) inove'backward, and toward the end of this ackward movement, the contaster-111203 strikes at the rear against an ad- .i on actin 209. and the ip-tongue" IS opened, thus-re easing-the bag. eneath the channel 190,-iin proximity to the bottom of 'the bag which has just been conveyed, there lies a pain of rollers 216 217,-one (217) of which is elastically pressed; a ainst the other by means of springs 218, the earings of said roller being displaceably mounted in the arms 219 of a bearing-support 220'. Both .rollers.

elastically pressed against one'another are revolved by mutually engaging toothed Wheels 22 1, and theshaft 222 of one roller is driven by g belts'from belt-pulleys 223 and 224, Figs. 41 and 42. Now as soon as the ba is released by bearings 213 on the machme-plate 13.

the the ottom, by aipivoted s eet-metal segment 210 and pressed so far down that the lower j'part of the bottom of the. bag comes between the two rollers and is engaged by them and drawn through'them and pressed flat and delivered onto an inclined slide -plate. The

sheet-metal segment 210 is fixed on an arm' 2T1, mounted on a shaft 212, which is heldin -A lever 214 is mounted on the same shaft 212- and. operated by means of a earn-rod 215 from a cam y, mounted on the shaft-4, The

paper bag, which" has now "been pressed ,per

fec-tly-fiat bythe rollers and conveyed onto the inclined delivery or slide plate 225, lies infljblfii of a, 'distributi -flap 226, which is mounted at the end'of t e storage-trough 230 one shaft 22"], mounted on a bearing 228 on the trough; As soon as the now flat-pressed paper bag lies infront of the flap 226'the latter is turned from its inclined position into avertical one, and thereby the bag-is forwarded into the collecting-trough and there retained The flap 226 is moved by means of azlever 231, mounted on the shaft 227 of the flap, and a cam-rod 232 from a cam w,

mounted on the shaft 4. The shaft 227 is- .held' by one end in bearing 228 and at the other end in, a bearing 229, Figs; 41 and 42.

In order to lift the paper bags deposited in the trough 230, retaining catches or rojections 234 are employed. These catc es are carried on pins 233 during the introduction of a paper bag by the distributing-flap, are turned aside, and then again spring into the a trough 0n the return movement of the flap,

for which object the flap is recessed at a suitable place. The passing in and out of the retaming-catches 233 through the recesses 235 of the sides of the trough 230 is effected by means of arms 236, fixed on the pins, which arms are connected, by means of rods 237, with the ends of levers 238 and 240, which are fixed on a shaft 239 common to both held in bearin s 228 and ef W hich' onelever 240 is forme as an elbow-lever and operated by a cam-rod 241 frcm a cam at, mounted onthe.

grip-tongue it'is enga ed irectly behind.

' per, means for pressing the eraser;

shaft 4. '-The levers areretained in given positions by means of a spring 242, acting on the lever 240, in hich positions the retain-- ing' projections oricatches'234'are held in the trough behind the aper bags. Before the introductionofa esh bag the retainingcatches are moved aside by meansofthe cam ac and directly afterward turned behind the bags again by the spring 242.

In order that the bags lying closely 'one behind the othei in the distributing-trough may find acertain slight resistance, a counter support 243 is s'lidabl'y arranged in such a way that it opposes a slight resistance to its displacement. The compressed" paper" bags pressed closely against. one another are'removedfrom the distributing-trough in suit.- able numbers and packed for stock or may be directly conveyed to the placeswhere they are to be utilized.

At each reyolution of the three principal shafts 2 to 4 a fresh paper sheet or paper bag, asthe case may be, is each time moved forward from one stage tdt'he next anda finished paper pag delivered'into the collectingtrough. If the paper bags are not folded up, only three operating stages are necessary;

but if the paperibags are to be folded up and- I pressed flat and stored sixoperating stages are necessary, while hitherto at least a dozen. such stages were necessaryin older'machines; The machine 18 thus very considerably simplifi'ed, and in addition all kinds of paper:

bags with any suitable form of bottom may be made therein.

The paper bags hereinbefore referred to and shownjn Figs. 1 to 1'1 are-of course only 'few examples,'which' are intended to iridicate how the paper .bags may be madeand with what bottom form and bottom folding. It is evident thatia'large number of other forms and other arrangements for the folding plying an adhesive to the paper in advance of its arrival over the box, means for depressing the core and thus folding an intermediate .ortion of the sheet'withinthe box, means for olding over the upstanding edges of the pa.- ongitudinal seam so formed, means for folding one end of the paper over the core to form a bottom, means for forcing the bag from the core, means for engaging and holding opposite sides of the bag, means for creasing the'remaining sides inward, mechanism for moving the engaging andclamping-means'toward each other dur-'.

ing such creasing operation to flatten all but theloottom of the bag and means for gripping a portion .of the bottom-and withdrawin the same from the creasing and pressing mec anism.

2. In a machine of the class'described, an adhesive-applying device including a pasteroller,,a pair of stamps normally arranged in" parallel relation with each other and the roller, means for moving the stamps over the roller, means for moving one of the stamps to dispose them in angular relation, and means for depressing said stamps substantially as described.

3; In a machineof the class described, an adhesive-applying device including a pasteroller, ahorizontally and vertically movable carriagefa pair of stamps arranged on the carria e in parallel relation and movable over the ro le'r,"and. means for moving one of the stamps into angular relation to the other during su'ch movement; substantially as-described. v

4. Ina machine of'the class described, an adhesive-applying device including a pasteroller, a horizontally and vertically movable carrier, a pair of stamps, one secured to the carriage and the other pivoted thereto, both of said stamps being normally disposed in parallel relation and movable over the pasteroller, an arm carried by the pivoted stamp and having a cam-slot, and a stationary pin engaging in saidcam-slot to efleot'pivotal' movement of the stamp; substantially as de-' scribed.

5. In a machine of the class described, a

lmovable papercarriage, a paste roller, ,9.-

stamp pivoted at one side of the path of movement of the carriage, and means for swin the stamp on its-pivot'between the roller an to an applying position at an angle to the path of movement of the carriage; substantially-as 40 described.

6. In a machine of the class described, the I combination with a pair of pressin plates between which the formed bag is fe of means for engaging and clamping two opposite edges of theopen end of the bagagainst said plates, creasing member for engaging the free sides of 'thebag, and means for forcing one plate toward, the other to. flatten the bag; substantially as described.

7. In a machine ofthe class described, a

bag creasin' and flattening means, including flattening-p ates, grippers for holding two of thesides of the bag to the plate, means for 4 or moving thefeeder and gripping-jaw, and

means for removin the bagfrom the jaw and feeder;--siib'stantial y .as described. I '9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an automatic bottom-gripper, of a segmental feeding-plate for remov- ,ing the bag from the gripper, and a pair of flattening-rollers to which the bag isfed by said plate; substantially as described.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO HESSER. Witnesses:

' AUGUST DRAUTZ,

WALTER ScHwAEBscn. v 

